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Monday, June 17, 2019

7:00 PM · 49m 25s · Council Chambers, 135 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah WA
Topics tracked across meetings:
Transportation Benefit District Funding Options ID 1474 3/4
2019 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map Amendments AB 7787 2/4
Amend 2019 Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments to add Community Facilities Redesignation and Rezone Consideration of Issaquah School District Parcel AB 7802 3/3
Conveyance of Utility Easement I-90 Corporate Center Plat AB 7808 2/2
Section
Topic
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
7b
Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, June 3, 2019
Approve · packet pp.125–128
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR b) 06-03-19 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000)
7c
Minutes: City Council Special Meeting, June 7, 2019
Approve · packet pp.129–132
Staff report:
The purpose of this special meeting was to hold a Council-Administration retreat for Council Strategy and Budget Planning.
7d
Minutes: Council Committee Work Session, June 10, 2019
Approve · packet pp.133–134
Staff report:
CONSENT CALENDAR d) 06-10-19 Council Committee Work Session Minutes Page (0000)
7e
Interagency Agreement with City of Sammamish for Laughing Jacobs Creek Basin Planning AB 7738
Authorize · packet pp.135–143
Topics: Water
Staff report:
In late 2018, public works staff from the City of Sammamish communicated to City of Issaquah staff that they would be preparing a request for proposal to retain a professional services consultant to develop a Basin Plan for the Laughing Jacobs Creek watershed. The entire watershed encompasses an area of approximately 3,600 acres. Approximately 90 percent of the watershed lies within the incorporated area of Sammamish and unincorporated King County. The remaining 10 percent, the lower reach of the creek, lies within the City of Issaquah jurisdictional limits. This portion of the creek inside Issaquah includes sensitive habitat for Kokanee and other salmonid species. A map showing the basin area is attached as Exhibit B.
7f
Second Amendment to Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District Interlocal Agreement AB 7783
Approve · packet pp.145–150
Topics: Water
Staff report:
In March 2014, the City entered into an interlocal agreement with the District to: • establish the terms of decommissioning the Lower Reid Infiltration Gallery (LRIG) • establish funding for stormwater management projects to mitigate for the loss of LRIG • provide $1 million from the District to fund these projects • agree to a time frame during which the City could not unilaterally move to assume the District • set a time frame for agencies to have discussions related to governance
7g
Amend 2019 Docket of Comprehensive Plan Amendments to add Community Facilities Redesignation and Rezone Consideration of Issaquah School District Parcel AB 7802
Authorize Submittal · packet pp.151–156
Topics: Land UseSchools
Staff report:
In 2016, the school district passed a bond which included funding for land acquisition and construction of two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. To date, the district has secured land for two of the four schools (Talus Middle School and an elementary school site in Sammamish) as buildable land is scarce and expensive.
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS
8a
Transportation Benefit District Assumption of Powers AB 7771
Conduct Public Hearing · packet pp.169–195
Topics: Transportation
Staff report:
The City Council passed Ordinance No. 2823 on January 16, 2018, which created the Issaquah Transportation Benefit District (TBD) and adopted a new Chapter 12.70 of the Issaquah Municipal Code.
9. REGULAR BUSINESS
9a
Conveyance of Utility Easement I-90 Corporate Center Plat AB 7808
Carried 6-0
Approve Resolution
Topics: Land UseTransportation
Roll call:
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh
10. GOOD OF THE ORDER
10a
Upcoming Council Meetings
0:23 good evening and welcome I'm going to
0:26 call to order the Monday June 17th City
0:29 Council regular meeting
0:31 councilmember winter Stein this evening
0:33 is excused first off we'll start with
0:36 the Pledge of Allegiance and I'd like to
0:37 invite anyone who'd like to join the
0:39 council myself in the pledge to please
0:41 stand I pledge our first item this
1:01 evening is some special business and I
1:04 will head to the speaker's podium for I
1:07 do 503 recognition of its across state
1:10 legislative delegation
1:22 so I would like to welcome and introduce
1:26 our state legislators who represent
1:28 Issaquah to this evenings council
1:30 meeting when I call your name could you
1:32 please stand so we may recognize you
1:34 senator mark Mullen Representative Lisa
1:38 Kalin representative bill Ramos and
1:42 representative Tennyson thank you you
1:50 can stand I'm gonna be sure it but it'd
1:52 be more comfortable seated I also wanted
1:54 to point out to that additionally
1:56 senator Lisa Wellman and representative
1:58 Midland I could not join us this evening
2:01 due to prior commitments but I want to
2:03 make sure that we acknowledge them as
2:04 well on behalf of the City Council and
2:07 the residents of Issaquah I would like
2:09 to express my appreciation for your hard
2:11 work and your support during this 2019
2:14 legislative session you helped deliver
2:16 some incredible successes and I would
2:18 like to highlight a few first you
2:21 committed three million dollars to
2:22 support the construction of the Issaquah
2:24 Opportunity Center this was one of just
2:26 12 projects out of 192 that was
2:30 allocated 1 million or more so we are
2:33 extremely pleased with your advocacy and
2:35 your efforts on this project the second
2:37 city priority that you delivered on was
2:40 $400,000 to to design the PFS pilot
2:44 cleanup this is a project we are working
2:46 on in conjunction with Eastside Fire &
2:50 Rescue and the Department of Ecology and
2:51 it's a pilot clean up for the Issaquah
2:53 Valley aquifer it's critically important
2:57 work to esse quam we appreciate all your
2:59 efforts to help us find funding to keep
3:01 this going in addition to those two
3:03 projects your support was key in
3:06 extending the streamlined sales tax
3:07 mitigation payments these are payments
3:10 that help make our city of it's a club
3:12 budget whole by providing almost
3:14 $400,000 to help offset the revenues
3:17 loss when the sales tax was changed in
3:19 2007 you also allocated this is my
3:22 favorite 8 million dollars to widen
3:25 state route 18 from Issaquah Hobart Road
3:27 to raging river this will not only
3:30 improve the safety but also the capacity
3:32 the regional road network that everyone
3:34 who lives and works in relies upon and I
3:38 know it may seem odd that this is not
3:39 actually a road project in Issaquah but
3:42 will what will make us quo work better
3:44 is improvements to the regional system
3:46 so thank you very much much for that
3:49 across the state you funded 19 law
3:51 enforcement academies each year to
3:53 ensure that we have the necessary
3:54 training to staff our Police Department
3:56 you provided additional tools for the
3:58 city to finance affordable housing thank
4:01 you
4:01 you pass legislation committing the
4:03 state to transition to clean reliable
4:06 and defined clear efficiency standards
4:08 for buildings and last but certainly not
4:10 least you supported salmon recovery
4:12 efforts if you have had the pleasure of
4:15 attending our salmon Days Festival you
4:17 know here here in Issaquah how important
4:19 that is we have a huge connection to our
4:22 salmon so I wanted to thank you for a
4:24 job well done we're so appreciative of
4:27 all the work that you did during this
4:28 session I also wanted to give you an
4:30 opportunity to address the council this
4:32 evening and if you had some remarks
4:33 you'd like to share I'd love you to come
4:35 on up and join me now so just a few kind
4:45 of comments and I think I'm the
4:46 opportunity Center the argument that we
4:49 made an Olympian were successful with
4:51 was the benefits from the opportunity
4:54 center to expanding healthcare access to
4:56 a wide range of people who currently
4:57 don't have it was much greater than the
4:59 Issaquah community I think people from
5:01 Maple Valley out Justin Kwame North Penn
5:03 will benefit from this facility going in
5:06 and so it seemed unfair that the entire
5:09 burden of that facility should be placed
5:10 on its quote taxpayers so I think the
5:12 state clearly had a financial role to
5:14 help facilitate something that's going
5:16 to be a regional benefit and I want to
5:18 give kudos to the city I know you guys
5:19 wanted to improve exit 17 and the
5:22 interchange there but I think you also
5:23 were good regional partners and saying
5:26 let's all put our eggs in the basket of
5:28 getting the designed money so we can
5:29 finish how we 18 and we were successful
5:32 I think by all the city's kind of
5:34 putting aside some of their smaller
5:36 individual items they wanted to get done
5:38 and having everybody from Maple Valley
5:40 to Issaquah all get you know their
5:43 energy behind the highway teen project
5:44 of the
5:45 that made it successful of getting and
5:47 it was actually 27 million we got
5:48 allocated to finish the design of that
5:51 and I think the sales tax mitigation I
5:55 will warn the finance people of the city
5:57 I think we have a two to four year
6:00 shelf-life getting this extra money from
6:03 the state as we build our budgets out I
6:05 think yeah I'm it was awesome that we
6:10 were able to get it extended this last
6:12 budget cycle and I think we have a coin
6:14 flips chance in 2021 of getting a final
6:17 two years I think in 2023 we have yeah
6:19 it's like winning a lottery chance I
6:21 think that was payments extended I think
6:24 beyond 2023 so I think as we build out
6:26 the city's budget in those years I think
6:28 we should probably start to factor in
6:30 that I think those payments will start
6:32 to kind of gradually disappear but it's
6:34 great to work with a city and it's
6:36 always nice to be back in the room I
6:37 love this room thank you so much for
6:46 having us today and as always it's great
6:49 to see you I just want to mention this
6:52 legislative past legislative session I
6:54 was a new chair for the Human Services
6:57 and early learning committee which was
6:59 great learning for me and really loved
7:01 working on all those issues and thrilled
7:04 that my vice chair is representative
7:06 Kalyn and so you have a really great
7:08 team but we have a really great team on
7:10 that and so it's fun to acknowledge that
7:12 and one of the things about being a
7:13 legislator is that you get to work on
7:16 any issue that you want and so I was
7:18 thrilled to help lead on the condo
7:20 liability reforms that we passed this
7:23 year which were great and I know Shelley
7:26 held her explained and and you guys have
7:28 talked about in your past briefing on
7:32 what happened in the legislature and
7:34 really I also want to give kudos to
7:36 representative Ramos who I think well
7:40 Shelly mentioned that that there were
7:43 some really great things that came
7:44 together to make this energy of highway
7:46 18 funded it also was really because of
7:49 representative Ramos is undying advocacy
7:52 for that project so really I think
7:54 you've got some great new
7:56 representatives so I've been thrilled to
7:58 work with them and of course senator
7:59 mallet they're a great team in the
8:01 forty-first
8:01 thrilled that we are part of Issaquah
8:03 and we'll continue to really see it's a
8:07 cause such a partner and just on that I
8:10 have to say so many of you came down to
8:12 Olympia and Mayor Polly was really so
8:16 important on testifying on a number of
8:19 issues that are important to cities I
8:20 also serve on the Local Government
8:22 Committee and on the Budget Committee
8:23 and those local government issues and
8:25 keeping local control and city issues at
8:29 the forefront of a lot of the kind of
8:31 issues that come before us that aren't
8:33 necessarily City issues but have City
8:35 impacts is really something that I I
8:37 look at as well with that filter and so
8:39 again hearing from you and having you
8:41 come down just really gives us a boost
8:44 in some local stories to make sure that
8:46 we're continuing to advocate for that so
8:48 thank you for all of that and thanks for
8:50 having us today
9:00 it is an honor to be here to be able to
9:02 get to talk to you it's post-session and
9:04 to really celebrate with you our
9:08 community not only the fifth legislative
9:10 district but all that it's a co-op
9:12 brought to bear in this session being a
9:14 freshman legislator having the immediate
9:17 access that I did to Shelly
9:19 Tamara Polly to anybody that I need to
9:22 talk to on a text basis when you're
9:25 trying to move fast and make those
9:27 decisions was extremely helpful and I
9:29 can't tell you how helpful it was at how
9:31 many conversations I had and you
9:34 probably had multiple I'm sure you
9:35 probably have them with all of us all at
9:37 once maybe we need to get a little bit
9:38 better at coordinating these text
9:40 messages so you're not having to do the
9:42 same answer several times but I greatly
9:44 appreciate that and it was very clear
9:45 when I was down there the regional view
9:48 point that was being taken by Issaquah
9:50 and I greatly appreciate that the
9:52 highway 18 works certainly one of the
9:55 the areas that of course with my
9:58 education background and 4mo we worked
10:00 hard on trying to expand or early
10:02 learning capacity and there's a reach
10:05 from Issaquah all the way through the
10:07 Snoqualmie Valley with the encompass new
10:10 build-out that they're trying to grow
10:12 and they have a pediatric therapy unit
10:14 so we're really pleased to be able to
10:15 support that work as well that came out
10:18 of the capital budget so that was one of
10:20 the extra areas that that we were trying
10:22 to push and make sure we've got
10:23 expansion and will continue to do with
10:24 the Issaquah area as well looking
10:26 forward to doing that and really
10:28 appreciate your focus on the human
10:30 services and of course your I know the
10:34 connections and the ties that how we're
10:35 working together on education and where
10:37 we're going with that so I appreciate
10:38 that work as well and just to appreciate
10:42 all of the the the public duty that you
10:45 guys bring to the table on every aspect
10:47 of this so thank you
10:57 thank you again pleasure being here I
11:00 miss you I'm about six months but really
11:04 just the the what I want to say down
11:07 there what's so important is the working
11:09 together of everybody and knowing who to
11:11 call when you need information and I
11:12 want to tell a little story here because
11:14 I tend to tell stories everybody tells
11:15 me so um and Emily's already heard this
11:18 one but I was working on a bill down
11:19 there that was going to take away or
11:21 there was a reporting requirement for
11:23 cities for a road pavement preservation
11:26 and it was onerous and we wanted to do
11:28 something to make it less onerous so I
11:31 started working on that got a bill put
11:32 together that was pretty good and and
11:34 finally looked at it and I kept thinking
11:36 about it that something's wrong and I
11:38 had the ability to call up our roads
11:42 director here Brett and say Brett what's
11:45 going on here talk to me about this and
11:47 with a ten-minute conversation with him
11:48 he got me going in the right track
11:51 getting what was wrong with it totally
11:53 throughout that bill wrote a new one in
11:54 its place and got rid of any reporting
11:58 requirement put on the city we got it
12:00 all put it back on the state so that's
12:01 one thing he doesn't have to do from
12:03 here on out and if there's any other
12:04 city because it's covered he covered by
12:06 the state so they took a good bill and
12:07 made it a really really much better bill
12:09 because of the local knowledge here of
12:12 who can help us so the point of that is
12:14 if you have anything going on keep us
12:17 informed
12:17 you got a mobility master plan going up
12:18 these new things that are happening keep
12:20 us informed we're gonna I know you here
12:23 and I can call you as I did there and
12:24 just ask what's going on I'm working on
12:26 something here it may relate to you
12:28 particularly how can we make sure this
12:30 works not only for Issaquah but the
12:31 other cities in this district and thus
12:33 other cities in the rest of the state
12:34 I'll always be looking at that municipal
12:36 local situation so thank you very much
12:40 for all the time I had with you and look
12:44 forward to working with you more as we
12:50 and they all have a little bit of it's a
12:52 quoi Bohm's chocolate as a gift from our
12:55 council this evening and before I wrap
12:57 this up I just wanted to give an
12:58 opportunity to council president or any
13:00 other council would like to add some
13:01 words tonight it's fine it's not
13:03 required it's just an option
13:06 council president Mertz this is me
13:10 speaking except extemporaneously just
13:13 thank you for attending this evening
13:16 it's critical that municipalities have
13:21 good working relationships with our
13:23 electeds in Olympia and you know you've
13:28 all done a great job of staying in
13:30 contact with us and look forward to the
13:35 rest of the well there's another more
13:38 this year but enjoy the downtime and
13:41 look forward to doing this again next
13:42 year
13:43 Thank You council president Deputy
13:45 Carol's president patís I just wanted to
13:49 thank each of you for coming this
13:51 evening and it's great to see all of you
13:53 and just to thank you for all the hard
13:55 work that went into this last session
13:57 just hearing everything come forward
14:01 like the the opportunity Center what was
14:05 happening with highway 18 and all of the
14:07 other great things that were worked on
14:08 and it was it was a lot of hard work and
14:10 a lot of advocacy and we I much
14:13 appreciate it thank you for coming
14:15 thanks any other comments this evening
14:18 thank you all for listening again thank
14:22 you for all the work you did last
14:23 session and I'm sure that you would love
14:25 to stay and hear another session this
14:28 evening but you are absolutely free to
14:29 go do you not have to stay we wanted to
14:32 say thank you and we're glad that you
14:33 came so thanks very much
14:45 the next item on our agenda this evening
14:48 is audience comments audience members
14:52 can address their counsel at this time
14:54 the guidelines for participation are
14:56 displayed on the screen please limit
14:58 your comments to 5-minutes
15:00 those who signed up will be asked to
15:02 come and speak first and if you had not
15:05 have not signed up I will ask if there
15:07 is anyone else that would like to speak
15:08 before we close this portion of the
15:10 meeting if you are here representing a
15:12 group can you please identify the group
15:14 and if you are in the audience this
15:16 evening and you wish to demonstrate to
15:18 council your support for a talking point
15:20 or a message from one of our speakers
15:22 please raise your hands so that the
15:24 council can can see that there's also
15:29 two public hearings this evening a b777
15:33 one the transportation benefit district
15:36 assumption of power is in a b7 8:08
15:38 conveyance of a utility easement at the
15:41 i-90 Corporate Center plat if you want
15:44 to make comments on either of these
15:45 topics you can do so during the public
15:49 hearing and with that tisha has anyone
15:53 signed up to speak this evening no is
15:56 there anyone that would like to address
15:57 Council this evening
15:58 come on up Julie
16:08 Thank You Julie Martin with the downtown
16:10 Issaquah Association and I just want to
16:12 thank you all for your support we
16:14 couldn't do what we do to connect the
16:15 community and support the community
16:17 without your support we just finished up
16:19 a wonderful offender's on Front Street
16:21 yesterday we estimate we had about 7500
16:25 people that attended if you went it was
16:27 it was quite busy on Front Street the
16:30 merchants said that they were busy as
16:32 well and everybody seemed to have a good
16:34 time we had about 600 cars in attendance
16:37 we filled up front Street before 8
16:38 o'clock in the morning and overfilled
16:41 all the way down into the xxx so it was
16:43 lovely and thank you for your support of
16:45 that event and letting us close the
16:47 streets and then this Friday we have
16:49 make music day all over town we have
16:52 eight stages where musicians will
16:53 perform and there none of them are paid
16:56 and some people will be able to have a
16:58 little harmonica lesson and a drumming
16:59 lesson and so it should just be a fun
17:01 time if you're around come on out and
17:03 join us Thank You Julie thank you is
17:06 there anyone else who would like to
17:07 address council this evening this would
17:10 be a second call anyone wishing to
17:12 address council in a final call seeing
17:16 none we'll close that portion of our
17:18 meeting and we'll go to committee and
17:19 regional reports council member Walsh
17:21 thank you I attended the Eastside
17:25 transportation partnership meeting on
17:28 last Friday and we had a good
17:32 conversation about actually King County
17:35 Parks which was very interesting to come
17:37 to a transportation board but they were
17:39 talking about they're going there's
17:41 gonna be a levee in the August election
17:44 then we were also talking about King
17:47 County Metro and how they are looking
17:51 for two hundred and twenty million
17:53 dollars a year in order to fulfill what
17:57 the public had said that they wanted out
17:59 of their metro system so they're looking
18:01 at possibility of going out for
18:04 potentially a levee lid lift or another
18:08 option there talking to the King County
18:11 I think it's the RTP the regional
18:15 transportation group
18:17 and so they're gonna make a decision
18:18 whether that's gonna be 2020 or 2024 so
18:22 we'll want to look for that as
18:23 considering we're talking about our own
18:25 TBD tonight so that's all of my report
18:28 Thank You Council Mayor Walsh
18:30 councilmember hun thank you madam mayor
18:33 the land in short Committee met on
18:36 Thursday June 6th and we had three items
18:39 on our agenda the first one was polygons
18:42 northwest affordable housing development
18:44 agreement amendment this was a
18:47 discussion item and a regarded polygon
18:50 requesting council amends the affordable
18:53 housing development to modify the
18:55 minimum size of the two-bedroom units
18:58 and this was a discussion item and the
19:02 committee had a discussion and then was
19:05 recommending not to proceed further
19:08 the next item was a b7 eight zero to
19:12 amends 2019 docket of comprehensive plan
19:15 amendments to add community facilities
19:17 redoes Ignatian and rezone consideration
19:19 of its across school districts parcel a
19:21 this was a action item and on this item
19:25 the committee did recommends that this
19:27 be added to the docket as a first step
19:29 for starting a conversation and this is
19:34 on the consent calendar this evening and
19:35 then lastly we had a initial evaluation
19:38 of its akua's residential zoning and
19:40 allowed housing types this is the first
19:42 part of an ongoing discussion that the
19:44 land in short committee has been having
19:45 and the committee recommended continuing
19:50 the conversation and then the next steps
19:53 in this will be a memo I believe and
19:56 then council will consider taking next
20:00 steps and eventually developing an AV
20:04 and then I also attended the council ad
20:08 hoc committee regarding council rules of
20:11 procedure this committee met on June 4th
20:14 and this is councilmember winter Stein
20:16 and councilmember Ray and myself and we
20:19 proceeded to edit and make comments on
20:21 the first roughly half of that document
20:24 and then we will be meeting again
20:26 tomorrow to consider the second half of
20:28 that document and make suggestions and
20:30 and we focused primarily on best
20:35 practices as well as documenting our
20:37 existing practices in a number of areas
20:39 that concludes my report
20:41 Thank You councilmember Rey Thank You
20:44 mayor Polly I have no report this
20:46 evening Thank You councilmember Goodman
20:48 thank you Mary Polly I also have no
20:49 report this evening this is going well
20:51 deputy council president booties so the
20:55 the Eastside Human Services forum is
20:58 holding a board meeting on the morning
21:02 of June 20th and then they are holding
21:05 their affordable housing educational
21:08 event afterwards that's something that
21:10 I've spoken about before I unfortunately
21:13 am NOT going to be able to to make that
21:17 event
21:18 I know councilmember winter Stein had
21:20 had reached out and asked about that but
21:23 I've also sent the invite to each of you
21:25 and so if that's something that is of
21:28 interest that invite is in your email
21:30 and that again is on June 20th at the
21:36 Redmond community center at from 9:00 to
21:40 noon thank you that concludes my report
21:43 Thank You council president marts thank
21:45 you madam mayor Sound City Association
21:47 public issues committee met at 7:00 p.m.
21:49 last Wednesday June 12th at Renton City
21:52 Hall the pre Peck meeting was Metro
21:58 making the rounds they were talking
22:01 long-range transit vision and funding
22:03 they talked about Metro connects they
22:06 sort of went through a funding exercise
22:08 with us and the purpose of the exercise
22:10 was to show that it's hard to come up
22:13 with the amount of money that they're
22:14 interested in or that they need to fund
22:19 Metro connects and the planned growth of
22:22 Metro going forward so we came away from
22:26 that meeting suitably understanding the
22:29 challenge that they have in front of
22:31 them there is no simple answer but they
22:34 have they have a plan
22:37 then the main pick meeting at 7:00 p.m.
22:40 there were no potential action items
22:42 discussed this concludes my report
22:44 Thank You Council peasant Mart I'm going
22:46 to add to Council report out because I
22:49 did have the privilege this week of
22:50 attending the site fire and rescue last
22:52 week the Eastside fire and rescue board
22:53 meeting we have councilmember booties so
22:56 here are a couple of notes from that
22:57 meeting we did celebrate a retirement
22:59 recognition for lieutenant DJ Bryden Bao
23:02 who served for 33 years with the site
23:05 Fire and Rescue there was a very quick
23:08 briefing on FIFA's East Side Fire and
23:11 Rescue ecology in the city our meeting
23:14 to work on next steps and scope for
23:16 project work and we will be working on
23:19 filling some data gaps from the first
23:21 phase of the study east side rescue site
23:25 Fire & Rescue is also currently hiring
23:27 right now and they're in the process of
23:28 interviews they have I believe four
23:30 positions that are open they have begun
23:32 their audit work for the year with Clark
23:34 neighbor and the big discussion got
23:36 deferred because our regular members
23:38 weren't there and they really want to do
23:40 it with you so this is the governance
23:42 question and this is a topic that has
23:43 been on the agenda over at Eastside and
23:47 talked about for at least five years
23:49 so alternates and other electives that
23:52 are interested in this subject besides
23:54 our regular members which are Goodman
23:57 and Ray are encouraged to come and
23:58 participate and listen you said fire and
24:00 rescue meetings are not taped so in
24:03 order to actually hear the conversation
24:06 you have to attend the meeting but at
24:08 some point in time there will be a vote
24:10 put back out to the members about
24:11 governance structure and so this is a
24:13 little bit complicated they've asked
24:16 regular board members requested to
24:18 review their summer vacation plans to
24:20 ensure they can participate in the
24:21 discussions they want to make sure they
24:23 have as many of the regulars as possible
24:25 they're hoping to have a vote by the end
24:27 of the year and as per councilmember
24:30 raised request that going to be doing a
24:33 pro and con analysis will frame the
24:35 discussion on the various alternatives
24:36 and the August board meeting has been
24:40 cancelled I think that's first
24:41 cancellation we've got to talk about
24:42 three said fire and rescue and the next
24:45 board meeting you
24:48 on July 11th 2019 4 p.m. at headquarters
24:52 I'll move to the mayor's report
24:55 there will be no executive session this
24:57 evening I would like to provide a little
25:00 information on the city administrator
25:02 recruitment activities and I will
25:05 continue to do that as we move through
25:06 the process as I've said earlier we have
25:09 hired Kara's consulting to spearhead the
25:11 recruitment process our job posting
25:13 closed last week June 12th
25:15 I'll be meeting with Karis this week to
25:17 look at a candidate list based on the
25:19 screening and interviews that they've
25:20 been holding over the last few weeks
25:24 laughing Jacobs Creek Basin plan
25:26 interagency agreement if approved by
25:29 both City Council city of Issaquah and
25:31 City Sammamish the laughing Jacobs Creek
25:34 Basin plan interagency agreement would
25:36 provide a framework for the cities of
25:37 Sammamish and his squad to collaborate
25:39 Lee develop a basin plan for laughing
25:42 Jacob's Creek approximately 10% of this
25:44 Basin has been in the city of Vista qua
25:46 including the creeks outlet to Lake
25:49 Sammamish this reach of the creek
25:51 contains primary spawning habitat for
25:53 kokanee salmon which are native to Lake
25:55 Sammamish the development of this plan
25:57 would identify and prioritize actions to
26:00 address flooding prevent erosion improve
26:02 water quality and create fish & wildlife
26:03 habitat adding this information tonight
26:07 because the item is on consent for your
26:09 approval at Alice middle school project
26:12 the escal School District will be
26:14 constructing a new middle school and the
26:15 talus neighborhood and I'd like to give
26:17 a few updates about this project our
26:19 community is extremely interested in all
26:21 things school the plans for this middle
26:24 school showed the building at
26:25 approximately a hundred and thirty
26:26 thousand square feet and it will house
26:27 up to 1,000 students in school districts
26:30 targeted for breaking ground is this
26:32 summer with completion in the fall of
26:34 2021 at the start of the 2021 school
26:37 year this timeline is ambitious the
26:42 project status there is a site
26:43 development permit currently under
26:45 review its quest school district has
26:47 indicated that they are contemplating
26:49 some significant changes to the site
26:50 design based on comments they've
26:52 received from the community and the
26:53 public so far and the city in county
26:57 million million trees grant King County
26:59 launched the 1 million
27:00 initiative following the county's
27:02 adoption of its strategic climate action
27:04 plan in 2015 the goal is to plant 1
27:07 million trees by 2020 as a way to
27:09 support carbon sequestration and healthy
27:11 forest streams and neighborhoods to
27:13 support the initiative for planning a
27:15 large number of trees by the end of 2020
27:17 each Riya 8 in King County was provided
27:20 175,000 dollars to support tree planting
27:22 through a grant process the Riya a
27:24 project subcommittees have recommended a
27:27 grant award to iske of 75 thousand to
27:29 plant 10,000 trees over approximately 28
27:33 acres of city-owned parks and open space
27:35 properties on Tibbets in Issaquah Creek
27:37 our partnerships with mountains to sound
27:39 green we trust and watch Washington
27:42 Conservation Corps will allow us to
27:44 maximize this tree planning effort by
27:45 utilizing seasonal staff AmeriCorps
27:48 volunteers and community volunteers
27:50 across Kent County the timing of this
27:52 tree planning effort supports the larger
27:54 green Issaquah partnership that the city
27:55 is kicking off this year with forterra
27:57 the project will assess the city's
27:59 forest health and ultimately inform a
28:01 forest stewardship program that will
28:03 support long-term enhancement
28:05 restoration and maintenance of the
28:06 city's forests and natural systems this
28:08 item is also on the consent agenda this
28:11 evening for council I wanted to add a
28:13 few comments about the city council
28:15 meetings in transition during a council
28:17 workshop last winter council decided to
28:19 go forward with a transition to a study
28:21 session model versus a council committee
28:23 structure this is the first time for us
28:26 as a city and this process will feel
28:28 different to the community the council
28:29 and staff as we move through this
28:32 transition I'll provide updates through
28:33 my mayor's comments study sessions will
28:36 be scheduled for the second and fourth
28:37 Monday of each month committee meetings
28:39 will no longer be scheduled as of
28:41 September some of the things the public
28:43 may notice is that there are more items
28:45 on the consent portion of the regular
28:47 City Council meeting agenda and that
28:49 major policy discussions at study
28:51 sessions will have all seven council
28:52 members involved and as Elvis earlier
28:55 mentioned right now we have a council
28:57 ad-hoc committee that's reviewing
28:59 council rules of procedure my last last
29:04 item Bergsma funding update so the King
29:07 County conservation futures committee's
29:09 recommendation was shared with the
29:10 applicants last Friday
29:13 the city of Vista quoi made an
29:14 application for grant funding as part of
29:16 the Bergsma acquisition and in order for
29:19 us to have a successful funding strategy
29:21 this was the key grant we applied for
29:24 funding is part of the strategy to fund
29:26 the Bergsma acquisition we received some
29:28 great news last Friday in that committee
29:30 recommendation includes fully funding
29:33 our application of 5.3 million dollars
29:35 for Bergsma this is the amount we
29:37 identified in our funding strategy last
29:39 fall and have been discussing with
29:41 agency partners as the full Bergsma
29:43 acquisition scenario began to take shape
29:44 last year once awarded later this year
29:47 these grant funds would represent a
29:49 large portion of the partner funding we
29:51 anticipated but it's not all of it next
29:54 up will be the state resource
29:56 conservation grants that we will be
29:58 applying for in 2020 this king county
30:01 funding and the financial partnership it
30:03 represents will only further strengthen
30:05 these future grant applications this
30:08 news from King County is only a
30:09 recommendation so what comes next
30:12 these are funding recommendations made
30:14 to the County Executive which will be
30:16 incorporated into legislation and then
30:17 approved by King County Council nothing
30:20 is final as this council knows until the
30:22 county council approves those
30:23 recommendations legislation from the
30:25 executive is moving forward later this
30:27 month and the goal of the King County
30:29 staff is to have this legislative
30:31 package passed by September as we learn
30:34 more we will work closely with our many
30:36 partners and making sure that advocacy
30:38 continues and that throughout this
30:39 adoption process County Council
30:42 understands the broad regional support
30:44 that the Burke's my project has and that
30:46 concludes the mayor's report we're gonna
30:50 move on to the consent calendar which
30:52 was distributed to council in advance if
30:54 authorized the items on the consent
30:56 calendar will be considered together and
30:58 approved in one motion of the payables
31:00 and payroll been reviewed yes yes thank
31:03 you does any councilmember desire to
31:05 remove any item from the consent
31:07 calendar and consider it under regular
31:08 business motion elsa president marts
31:13 madam mayor I move we adopted son
31:15 calendar as listed in tonight's meeting
31:17 agenda second thank you it's been moved
31:21 and seconded all those in favor signify
31:22 by saying aye
31:24 as opposed the passes unanimously
31:28 we're gonna move on now to our public
31:30 hearings first one a b777 one
31:32 transportation benefit district
31:34 assumption of powers at the May 20th
31:37 council meeting Council approve
31:39 resolution number 2000 and 1905 setting
31:42 tonight's public hearing date I'd like
31:44 to invite our management analyst Jean
31:46 Paul to make a presentation June good
31:51 evening my name is Jean Paul I'm the
31:53 management analyst in the mayor's office
31:54 and I'm here this evening to present on
31:56 the transportation benefit district and
31:58 the council's assumption of powers there
32:01 are three primary reasons for this
32:03 presentation presentation tonight first
32:05 I'd like to provide information on the
32:07 transportation benefit district or TBD
32:09 and the proposed assumption of powers
32:11 this will be conveyed in a brief
32:13 presentation with the opportunity for
32:15 questions and council discussion the
32:17 second reason is for the public hearing
32:18 that is required step in the assumption
32:20 of the TBD and finally I would like to
32:22 ensure the administration understands
32:24 where you'd like this agenda bill to be
32:25 placed whenever it turns to you for
32:27 action I would also like to be clear
32:29 upfront this presentation and hearing is
32:31 only in relation to the T V DS
32:32 governance it is not related at any
32:35 decisions regarding TB revenue sources
32:36 or any of the proposed capital
32:38 improvement projects in the CIP I'd like
32:44 to begin with a very brief overview in
32:46 1987 the state legislature created T B
32:49 DS as an option for local governments to
32:51 fund transportation projects DVDs are
32:53 independent public entities created for
32:55 the purpose of acquiring constructing
32:58 improving providing and funding
33:01 transportation improvements within the
33:02 boundaries of the district there are a
33:08 number of tools available for TB DS to
33:10 raise revenue
33:11 the most common throughout the state are
33:13 vehicle license fees or sales taxes
33:15 however TBD has generated their revenue
33:17 it may only be used for transportation
33:19 improvements that appear on a local
33:21 regional or state transportation plan
33:25 the term Transportation Improvement has
33:28 a very broad definition it includes not
33:30 just roads and sidewalks but also public
33:32 transit and transportation demand
33:34 management programs like commute trip
33:36 reduction
33:37 ultimately construction maintenance and
33:39 operating costs can all be paid for
33:41 using TBD revenues moving from t biddies
33:47 in general to the Issaquah TBD the City
33:50 Council created escort TBD on January 16
33:53 2018 the geographic boundaries of the
33:55 TBD are the same as the city and the
33:58 council is currently the governing board
34:00 however the TBD is still a separate
34:03 legal entity that means for the council
34:05 to act as the governing board requires
34:07 meetings that are separate from city
34:08 council meetings with the appropriate
34:10 notices and agendas as of July 2015
34:16 state law authorizes a city to assume
34:19 the rights powers functions and
34:21 obligations of the TBD if it has the
34:23 same geographical boundaries this
34:25 eliminates the TBD is a separate legal
34:27 entity and allows the council to handle
34:29 its governance as part of the council's
34:31 regular meetings and just be clear our
34:34 TBD has not collected any revenue or
34:36 taken on any financial obligations
34:41 according to the municipal research and
34:43 services center roughly 75% of the 110
34:47 DVDs across Washington have been assumed
34:49 by their governing jurisdictions the
34:51 status shown here with the image on the
34:53 left depicting all of the TVs in the
34:55 state and the image on the right
34:56 reflecting all that have been assumed
34:58 inside King County 72% of the 18 TVs
35:02 have been assumed
35:08 state law requires a three-step process
35:10 to assume the powers of the TBD first
35:13 the council must approve a resolution
35:14 declaring the intent to consider this
35:16 matter and set a public hearing this
35:18 step was completed on May 20th 2019
35:21 second the council must conduct the
35:23 public hearing which will occur after
35:24 this presentation
35:25 finally the council must adopt an
35:27 ordinance and many of the Municipal Code
35:29 to assume the powers the draft of this
35:31 ordinance was included in your packet
35:32 for this evening while it is relatively
35:35 straightforward and replacing the
35:36 language of governing board with City
35:37 Council the ordinance also clarifies the
35:40 language concerning the ability of the
35:41 TVD to impose vehicle fees the current
35:44 version of the municipal code caps that
35:46 vehicle fee at $20 which is actually
35:48 more restrictive than state law so the
35:50 amended language in the ordinance aligns
35:51 the IMC with the state law regarding
35:53 these fees that can be imposed and their
35:55 related timelines for the public hearing
36:00 itself state law specifies that council
36:02 must consider the assumption conduct the
36:04 hearing and ultimately determine if the
36:06 public interest or welfare would be
36:08 satisfied by the city assuming the TBD
36:12 that concludes my informational
36:14 presentation I just want to determine if
36:15 there are any final questions before we
36:17 move to the hearing thank you Jane
36:19 looking for questions any questions of
36:23 counsel and if there are none I will
36:25 open the hearing none okay I now Thank
36:30 You Jean I'll now open the public
36:32 hearing at 7:36 intitial has anybody
36:36 signed up this evening to speak no no
36:40 one has signed up but that doesn't mean
36:42 there's no one here to talk is there
36:43 anyone in the audience who would like to
36:45 come up during to the podium during this
36:47 public hearing and talk to the council
36:50 about the assumption of powers for
36:51 transportation benefit district I'll ask
36:55 a second time anyone willing to testify
36:58 and a final time so seeing none we will
37:02 close the public hearing at 7:37 and
37:10 unless directed otherwise you have this
37:14 conversation now this agenda bill is
37:16 scheduled to return to Council on the
37:17 consent calendar of the July first
37:19 council meeting for adoption
37:21 ordinance formalizing the assumption are
37:23 your thoughts on that it thumbs up to
37:28 some head nods I'm thinking consent on
37:30 the first is what we're going with thank
37:32 you very much if there's no further
37:35 comments the next item on our agenda
37:37 this evening is a B thank you Jane a b7
37:40 808 conveyance of utility easement I 90
37:44 Corporate Center Platte the June 3rd
37:46 council meeting council made a motion to
37:48 set tonight's public hearing date
37:50 council will be asked to take action on
37:52 this item following the hearing under
37:54 regular business I'd like to invite
37:56 senior engineer Jason Simpson to make a
37:59 presentation good evening evening I just
38:04 have a brief presentation for everyone
38:06 here tonight in regards to a utility
38:09 easement vacation at the i-90 Corporate
38:13 Center plot the location of this plot
38:18 specifically is generally in the
38:23 location of the recent South East 62nd
38:25 Street extension project and relates to
38:28 it to some degree as I will explain in a
38:31 couple moments the existing utility
38:38 easement currently is 80 feet wide and
38:40 spans between Lake Drive and southeast
38:43 62nd Street the current or the the
38:48 result of the South East 62nd Street
38:51 extension project actually created a
38:53 right-of-way easement that connected the
38:55 two streets the the purpose of us here
39:02 tonight speaking on behalf of this
39:05 existing easement was ultimately to keep
39:09 the construction project moving forward
39:12 as not to delay any of the activity that
39:17 was occurring as part of that southeast
39:19 62nd Street project so the purpose
39:23 really was to keep everyone moving and
39:24 worry about the logistics of the
39:28 outskirts of this existing easement that
39:31 no longer are needed
39:36 according to the development a
39:38 development agreement between the city
39:41 and Costco the two parties share
39:45 responsibilities financially the
39:48 financial responsibilities specifically
39:50 in that da fault
39:55 fifty-fifty 2% to the city and 48
39:59 percent to Costco the reason that that's
40:01 important is because we are hoping that
40:07 this existing easement that no longer
40:10 serves a purpose will actually really
40:19 what we're trying to do is is we've got
40:21 the city and Costco have made an
40:23 agreement that the portions of this
40:26 existing easement that no longer serve a
40:28 purpose can be negated for a agreement
40:36 between what had occurred previously as
40:39 part of that project which was a PSC gas
40:41 main relocation the gas main was
40:44 relocated into what is now Lake Drive as
40:47 part of that right-of-way easement the
40:51 city as a result is responsible for 52
40:54 percent of that cost rather than paying
40:57 that 52 percent of that cost the city
40:59 and Costco have agreed that vacating
41:03 this easement would negate the the
41:07 financial responsibility so the staff
41:12 recommendation is to set the public
41:14 hearing which we're having shortly and
41:18 ultimately hope to adopt the vacation of
41:21 this existing easement so looking
41:27 specifically at the location of this
41:29 easement as I mentioned Lake Drive in
41:31 South East 62nd Street did not
41:34 previously connect with that South East
41:36 62nd Street extension project the city
41:42 had adopted the right-of-way easement
41:45 that connected the two streets
41:47 however there are portions of that
41:49 existing easement that no longer serve a
41:51 purpose that are at the east and west
41:54 extents of the new right-of-way easement
41:58 identified as such as I mentioned these
42:02 there's no longer utilities located in
42:05 this existing easement no longer serves
42:07 a purpose and therefore the
42:11 administration's recommendation is to
42:13 vacate this easement given that this is
42:19 a rather standard and straightforward
42:21 procedure which we're hoping to
42:23 accomplish through the vacation we
42:26 recommend adopting a resolution for
42:30 vacant and the existing utility easement
42:32 tonight Thank You chase and I'll see if
42:36 there are questions council members are
42:38 there questions about the request
42:40 councilmember Goodman thank you it looks
42:45 like there are maybe three different
42:48 vacations in the packet there's three
42:51 different easements that were recorded
42:53 correct okay so if they're if the
43:00 easement no longer serves a purpose
43:03 I'm just curious I mean there wouldn't
43:06 be any reason for the city to use it I'm
43:08 just curious why Costco would be
43:11 interested in paying to have it vacated
43:14 it would I'm guessing it's just
43:16 certainty on Costco's part but I would
43:19 like to know what Cox Costco's interest
43:21 is to pay $25,000 to have it officially
43:26 vacated I'm Sheldon Linn the Public
43:32 Works engineering director I'll answer
43:34 that question Costco's interest lies in
43:37 under their current plans for their new
43:39 buildings and their development under
43:42 the development agreement the code
43:44 requires them to have their buildings as
43:46 close to the edge of the right-of-way as
43:48 possible and so they're asking for the
43:51 remnant easements to be vacated so there
43:53 putting their buildings over an
43:55 encumbered piece of land that we have a
43:56 remnant he's meant associated with it
43:58 that's their interest thank you and then
44:02 I noticed in here that the fair market
44:04 value coincidentally is the same price
44:07 as Costco share and so can somebody
44:12 explain why that would be coincidentally
44:16 the same in conversation with the city
44:21 attorney and based upon what we've did
44:25 four appraisals for acquiring the
44:27 right-of-way for the South East 62nd
44:30 slash Lake Drive rights-of-ways the
44:33 market value and the appraisal that
44:35 would have taken the market value
44:37 probably would have been a little lower
44:38 than what this is and what Costco is
44:42 willing to pay and so based upon that
44:44 conversation with mr. Haney we
44:46 determined that we didn't need to do an
44:48 appraisal because the odds are we
44:50 already did one about a year ago and it
44:52 demonstrated actually the value is a
44:54 little bit lower but Costco is willing
44:55 to in a partnership way just pay our
44:59 share of that one bill for PSC we use
45:02 values that we obtained for other land
45:06 in this part of this project for based
45:11 on our appraisals we got just a year or
45:13 so ago yes yes pretty much along the
45:16 same alignment even additional questions
45:23 that's member hunt did you have question
45:25 okay if there are no questions I'll open
45:31 the public hearing at 7:46
45:34 and tisha has anyone signed up to speak
45:38 to this item
45:39 no okay is there anyone here this
45:42 evening who would like to provide
45:43 comment on the conveyance of the utility
45:46 easement don't rush the stage second
45:51 call third call that will close the
45:55 public hearing at 7:47
46:01 and the next item on the agenda then is
46:04 the continuation of a b7 808 under
46:07 regular business and this is where you
46:09 are now being requested to approve a
46:11 resolution authorizing the conveyence of
46:13 the utility easement is there any
46:15 additional questions or discussion or
46:17 would somebody like to make a motion yes
46:26 ma'am I'll make a motion thank you I
46:30 would like to move to approve resolution
46:32 number 20 19-6
46:35 declaring a utility easement in certain
46:38 portions of the i-90 Corporate Center
46:40 plat to be surplus to the needs of the
46:42 city's utilities and providing for
46:45 compensation is a credit against the
46:46 city's share of the cost of
46:48 transportation improvement projects
46:49 constructed pursuant to the Costco
46:51 development agreement is there a second
46:54 second it's been moved and seconded is
46:57 there discussion discussion it's very
47:01 quiet tonight if there is no discussion
47:04 I'm going to call for the vote and I'm
47:06 seeing that seems like where we want to
47:08 go all those in favor of approving
47:11 resolution number 2000 and 1906
47:14 declaring a utility easement in certain
47:17 portions of the i-90 Corporate Center
47:18 plat to be surplus to the needs of the
47:21 city's utilities and providing for
47:22 compensation as a credit against the
47:24 city share of the cost of transportation
47:26 improvement projects constructed
47:28 pursuant to the Costco development
47:30 agreement signify by saying aye it was
47:34 opposed that carries unanimously
47:36 and the next and second last item on our
47:40 agenda this evening is good of the order
47:42 does anybody have something for good of
47:44 the order councilmember hunt I just
47:47 wanted to note that the next council and
47:50 insurer meeting is actually going to be
47:52 on July 10th 2019 and this is not the
47:55 regular day and the regular day falls on
47:58 the 4th of July so instead it will be on
48:00 July 10th
48:01 thank you for doing that any other good
48:04 of the order a little peek ahead at some
48:09 upcoming council meetings at the June
48:11 24th council work session which will be
48:13 at 6:30
48:15 potential agenda items include sewer
48:17 extension to areas where on-site septic
48:20 systems exist in the city 2020 to 2025
48:24 capital improvement plan discussion and
48:27 the per and Poli flora flora alkyl
48:30 substance report findings and next steps
48:33 PFS next time July 1st at the regular
48:36 Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. and
48:38 chambers potential agenda items include
48:41 parks master plans
48:42 Tippett vote Tibbits Valley Park
48:44 Veterans Memorial Park in Issaquah Creek
48:46 corridor and public hearing on the 2020
48:50 to 2025 capital improvement plan
48:52 including the transportation improvement
48:54 plan those are the things we're looking
48:56 at coming up there is no executive
49:00 session this evening and there being no
49:02 further business this meeting is
49:04 adjourned at 8:57 5750
49:17 you
49:22 you

Attendance

Council / Members (6)
Mariah Bettise
Stacy Goodman
Victoria Hunt
Tola Marts
Chris Reh
Lindsey Walsh
Excused
Paul Winterstein

Motions and votes (1)

Approve Resolution No. 2019-06, declaring a utility easement in certain portions of the I-90 Corporate Center Plat to be surplus to the needs of the City’s utilities and providing for compensation as a credit against the City’s share of the cost of transportation improvement projects constructed pur…
Moved by MARTS · seconded by BETTISE
Carried 6-0
In favor: Mariah Bettise, Stacy Goodman, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh